Friday Five – New Fun and New Contest

Time for the Holiday Friday Five!

Hello! Thanks to everyone who entered my Friday Fiver contest over the past couple weeks. While I think it was fun, I want to do something new (there will still be a contest!) more in the spirit of Blogthings.

When I originally started Blogthings, I wanted to give people a way to easily find fun things to add to their blogs and have more topics to blog about. Of course, in the era of Facebook, Twitter, and yes, still blogs, this has morphed into fun things to add to all sorts of social media / self expression services.

I felt like the Friday Fiver was sort of straying from this mission a bit, so I want to introduce something new – and kind of old. The Friday Five! If you’re a long time blogger, LiveJournaler, or internet geek like me, you may remember the tradition of posting five questions on Friday that everyone answers. I’d like to start this up on the Blogthings blog as a way for some get-to-know-each-other fun!

Without further delay, here are the Friday Five questions for this week. Simply answer below in a comment.

Friday Five – Holiday 2012

What holidays, if any, are you celebrating this year?

Do you celebrate out of religious reasons, cultural reasons, or familial reasons? Or a combination of the three?

Do you prefer to give gifts or receive gifts?

What is your favorite edible holiday treat?

What do you think about gift cards as holiday gifts? Thoughtful or thoughtless?

20 Replies to “Friday Five – New Fun and New Contest”

Christmas. Next year *maybe* I’ll try Chalica (a new UU holiday inspired by Chanukkah and Kwanzaa)

2. Do you celebrate out of religious reasons, cultural reasons, or familial reasons? Or a combination of the three?

Cultural and familial

3. Do you prefer to give gifts or receive gifts?

Give

4. What is your favorite edible holiday treat?

Eggnog & peppermint anything

5. What do you think about gift cards as holiday gifts? Thoughtful or thoughtless?

I love receiving them if they’re to someplace I would shop. As for giving, first be sure your receipient would like one. If so, gift cards are thoughtful because it gives the receiver a chance to get what *they* want and eliminates the need for returns or regifting.

5. What do you think about gift cards as holiday gifts? Thoughtful or thoughtless?
– Gift cards are a great present. As long as they aren’t to some irrelevant store like The Home Depot or Lowes. I especially like gift cards to my favorite restaurants.

1 – Well since this year is almost over the only one I will be celebrating is Christmas..Don’t really do anything for New Years.
2 – In all honesty its because of Santa ..lol
3 – I enjoy both..getting and giving..but mostly giving cause I just love to see everyone happy.
4 – hahaha not sure I can narrow it down but I guess it would be peanut butter balls
5 – I think gift cards can be thoughtful if one is unfamiliar with the person they are giving it to.

1. We celebrated the traditional American holidays. Most recently was Thanksgiving and upcoming is Christmas then New Years Eve and Day.
2. We celebrate because of family tradition.
3. Who honestly doesn’t like receiving?? But I do enjoy the search for the perfect gift and the reaction the receiver expresses.
4. I LOVE clear toy candy around Christmas.
5. Gift cards are an excellent gift for someone who you are unsure what to buy.